Dumb Facts » Inventors

Goodyear rubber company researched and concluded that shoes wear out faster on the rightfoot than the left.

Desperate to increase veggie intake among children in Britain, researchers have developed chocolate-flavored carrots, pizza-flavored corn and baked-bean-flavored peas.

The Roller Coaster was invented in the 17th century in Russia.

Thomas Edison was deaf, but it was not all because of his condition at birth. It is true that he was born partially deaf, but he actually became totally deaf when he was conducting an experiment on the back of a train caboose which caused the train’s conductor to become very upset. The conductor then “boxed” Edison’s ears, meaning that he hit both of Edison’s ears at the same time. This blow caused him to become totally deaf for the rest of his life.

US Patent number 3,593,345 was granted for the “Whisper Seat”, a toilet seat with a soundproof lining so that noise won’t be heard by others.

Samuel Morse, the inventor of the morse code, was a painter as well. One of his portraits is of the first governor of Arkansas and hangs in the governor’s mansion of that state.

When Joseph Gayetty invented toilet paper in 1857, he had his name printed on each sheet.

The word ‘condom’ comes from Dr. Charles Condom (1630 – 1685)

Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung!

Mr. Peanut was invented in 1916 by a Suffolk, Virginia, schoolchild who won $5 in a design contest sponsored by Planters Peanuts.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist!

Ice-cream cones were first served in 1904 at the world’s fair in St. Louis, MO. US Patent # 3,477,070.